| Tag Link | [Net->ReadString] | Category | Networking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Member | Source Available | Yes |
| Support | Preferred | Version | 8.5 |
| Change | New | Data Source | Any |
| Output Type | String | Security | None |
| Implementation | Sets | Lasso 8.5 | |
[Net->ReadString] reads string data from a network connection. If a character set has been set using [Net->SetEncoding] then that character set is used to translate data from the network into Lasso's string format. Alternately, [Net->Read] can be used to read a byte stream from the network.
The tag requires a single parameter which specifies how many bytes of data to read from the network. If the connection is returning multi
[Var: 'myConnection' = (Net: 'www.example.com', 80)]
[$myConnection->(SetEncoding: 'iso-8859-1')]
[$myConnection->(Write: 'GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n')]
[$myConnection->(Write: '\r\n')]
[$myConnection->(ReadString: 32768)]
| Optional Parameters | |
|---|---|
| Length | The maximum length in bytes of data to read from the network connection. |
See the Lasso 8 Language Guide for examples of how to use this tag.